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Daily Calorie Needs

shrkntz said: "[url="http://www.24hourfitness.com/html/fitness/fit_calc/daily/"][size=3][color=red]http://www.24hourfitness.com/html/fitness/fit_calc/daily/[/color][/size][/url] Found this neat. So many ask about what calories they should eat a day. Mine said 3400 :) , my mouth dropped!"

UniqueMystique said: "Most of the calorie counting devices online are for maintaining your current weight. Almost everything that I've read has said to drop the maintaining caloric rate by 500. So basically...subtract 500 from what it says. This is supposed to allow a one pound weight loss per week. Drop 250 from it and you have a half pound decrease per week, etc."

UniqueMystique said: "[QUOTE=Holly]Red Vines!!! :D[/QUOTE] :confused:"

UniqueMystique said: "I'm guessing that 'red vines' are a type of jelly bean???? :confused:"

UniqueMystique said: "Yack! :p Hehehehe!!!"

spectrachic311 said: "2470...holy cripes, that's quite a bit. I figured it to be closer to 1700 or so. So that means an extra handful of jelly beans every so often won't kill me ;)"

Holly said: "Mine was 2,320. That was a good find. :) So, I guess if I stay with a strict 1,800 calories diet I should lose a pound a week. If it were always that exact. Maybe it is...I just need to be more exact with my counting :) (and eating)."

Holly said: "Red Vines!!! :D"

Holly said: "I'm sorry, that didn't make any sense. Spectrachic311 mentioned jelly beans just before I posted....so....I guess I'll blame her. ;)"

Holly said: "Nope, their red licorice. It's a brand name."

iheartbings said: "OMG! mine is 2716 calories! i barely get in 1000 sometimes! but im happy with that, and im never hungry! that is prolly to mantain ur weight. im trying to lose weight! so im not ganna let it tell me to stuff my face and eat more than twice, almost 3 times as much as i normally do. -shann thanks for the info tho! its interesting"